Introduction Most people consider KJW and other companies that are based outside of Japan to be 'inferior'. Most of the time, this is not the case. In fact, the KJW G27 FMV is the exact opposite! I will get to comparisons later. First of all let me list out the 'upgrades' the KJW G27 FMV comes straight from the factory with:
The gun is designed to fire with green gas since KJW is Taiwanese company. You can still use HFC134a, but why would you? Lets move on.
Relationship between TM G26 and KJW G27 To clear a few things up...the KJW G27 is an exact copy of the TM G26. They took the design and improved upon it. So everything meant for the TM G26 should fit. Another note- The KJW G23 is not a copy of the KSC G19, it still uses the same TM G26 internals, they just put them into a bigger frame. So this means you CANNOT use KSC glock mags in the KJW glocks, or vice versa.
Function It's a glock. It has the patented trigger safety and just like the TM G26, it has an extra safety. The serial no. plate can be positioned to 'safe', and it will lock the trigger. It's a nice perk, but I never use it anyway, because its positioned pretty badly. It has an adjustable hop up using a dial just like the TM G26. The Magazine This is the single #1 reason why I love KJW guns. KJW's magazines leak no gas at all while filling. This is due to a small oring on the outside of the fill valve. This really saves you some gas and it makes filling mags with gas much more easier. Firing This is the best part! With all the 'upgrades' this gun really packs a punch. Using green gas it can easily go over 300FPS using .2g bbs. Recoil is very nice for a gun this size, compared to my WA P14 which sports the 'magna' blowback system, the KJW G27 FMV comes suprisingly close (Take note that my WA P14 has already been upgraded with metal & power upgrades already). With one gas fill, I could unload 6 mags worth of bb's. That is 90 bbs on one gas fill! But take note that this was on a really hot day (90 Degrees Farenheight). In 'normal' temperatures it can still shoot out 3 mags of bb's before having to refill.
Updates: 10/26/03 After a few months of great fun and plinking, the gun is still going strong, I think it has about ~1000 rounds fired through it or so. I didn't skirmish with it, just the occasional plinking. I just have a few new tidbits of info for all you KJW Glock owners. It looks like that little retaining pin that keeps popping out can be easily solved with some loctite BLUE threadlock. If you can't find any of that, some good old 'krazy/super glue' can do the trick. However, I do warn you, it might get messy...My advice, don't do it, you might end up making a mess of things for such a tiny problem. Also I'm pretty sure many of you know this already, but the KJW Glock series does lack in a few areas compared to their KSC counterpart. First, as mentioned somewhat before. The trigger. The KSC Glocks have a virtually idenitcal trigger as the real glock series. If there is no bullets (in this case, no gas) and the trigger is pulled, the hammer would be let down and the trigger would be locked to the rear. This does not happen with the KJW Glocks, so if the hammer is down, the trigger doesn't lock back, not a real big problem but that trigger system is a good indenticator of the glock being cocked and ready to fire. Also the KJW glock trigger doesn't look like the real one with the little lined grooves... Second- The Serial No. plate is very ugly as compared to the real/KSC series glock serial no. plates, very minor detail again, but it is a bit annoying if you compare them head to head. Third- Real glocks have plastic mag catches, heh. Kinda defeats the purpose of having a metal one...but I think real glock mags are plastic too. Fourth- Glossy ugly finish on the magazines, not a big deal since you can't even see the magazine in the gun. But the Matte black finish on the KSC Glock's mags are much more pleasing to the eye. And probably the most important part, it seems like the KJW Glocks are off just a bit versus the real Glock in scale. Very very minor, but this means you can't use glock accessories such as snug plugs for the rear. However this doesn't mean you can't use the accessories meant for the KJW G23 rail, that's still the same. Also you can't use real Glock sights on KJW Glocks, because of a diferent design. I just recently got a KSC G19, and it seems like the G19 is much better in terms of realism, but for the money, the KJW Glock FMV's still can't be beat, and they have the full trademarks... External Links: TBA Site
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